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Clipping of penultimate (“next to last”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
penult
Today it means: The next-to-last syllable of a word. Full definition →
Today it means: The next-to-last syllable of a word. Full definition →
Clipping of penultimate (“next to last”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.